From: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/5.0-RELEASE/relnotes-i386.html
" The random(4) device has been rewritten to use the Yarrow algorithm. It harvests
entropy from
a variety of interrupt sources, including the console devices, Ethernet and
point-to-point
network interfaces, and mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is
now periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy, as well as at shutdown time.
The semantics of /dev/random have changed; it never blocks waiting for entropy
bits but generates a stream of pseudo-random data and now behaves exactly as
/dev/urandom."
- aW
Entropy is a tendency towards disorder in the universe, exemplified by
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